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The best sit-coms of all time
Mu Beta Posted Sep 13, 2002
As a point of interest, Red Dwarf only needs 4 more points scored to push Fawlty Towers out of second place (and prove that we really are a bunch of sci-fi 
s)
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Bagpuss Posted Sep 13, 2002
I was just wondering which actor does best out of it. Cleese and Atkinson may have the two highest scoring shows, but don't appear in any of the others on the chart. On the other hand David Jason starred as Del Boy and G-G-Granville, and appeared in a few episodes of Porridge as Old Whitey (who didn't kill his wife), add those three scores together and you get 128.
What does this prove? Not a lot.
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Mu Beta Posted Sep 13, 2002
Hang on - some unrelated statistics coming up.
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Mu Beta Posted Sep 13, 2002
I'm surprised there is no more Rowan Atkinson, though - I quite enjoyed the Thin Blue Line.
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Sep 13, 2002
Very odd, The Thin Blue Line... I wasn't particularly impressed at the time, but I saw some repeats on UK Gold recently and laughed myself silly.
Still doesn't make my top ten though...
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Mu Beta Posted Sep 13, 2002
*already seeing problems*
Now then: Do we include Ric Mayall and Adrian Edmondson's brief cameos in Blackadder, which in addition to The Young Ones and Bottom would put them top?
D'you know what, I think I'll leave it.
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Sep 13, 2002
You could split the points pro-rata, depending on how many episodes each actor appeared in............. 
Or you could just forget it. 
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Giford Posted Sep 13, 2002
And of course Chris Barrie (if I've got his name right, 'Arnold Rimmer') was in Blackadder too.
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Mu Beta Posted Sep 13, 2002
Yes, and the Brittas Empire, which comes in a proud =54th on the list.
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Bagpuss Posted Sep 13, 2002
I know about Rik Mayall of course, but who were Barrie and Edmondson in Blackadder?
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Mister Matty Posted Sep 13, 2002
Chris Barrie played a French Revolutionary (and ambassador) in Blackadder the Third.
Ade Edmundson played the Red Baron in Blackadder goes Forth.
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F F Churchton Posted Sep 16, 2002
Does anyone else watch Celeb with H.Enfield?, I was slightly disappointed but its still good enough to watch!!!
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caper_plip Posted Sep 16, 2002
Celeb isn't my cup of 
... but I like My Family... although I somehow think that some of the characters have dropped out completely out of some of the episodes...
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F F Churchton Posted Sep 16, 2002
Same with Andromeda, they can afford the special affects but cannot afford to pay some characters, once in a while!!!
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seeker Posted Sep 20, 2002
Ooh, making lists, my favourite pasttime
1. Couplings
2. Red Dwarf
3. Black adder
4. Malcolm in the Middle
5. Buffy the vampire slayer (does this count?)
6. ...
Hmm, tougher then it seems.
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F F Churchton Posted Sep 20, 2002
How on Earth can people watch Malcolm in the Middle, its rubbish!!!
I also hear Coupling is going across the Atlantic!!!
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Great Western Lettuce (no.51) Just cut down the fags instead Posted Sep 20, 2002
I'll give you a top 5 - but that's all you'll get out of me!
1. The Young Ones
2. Red Dwarf (would have been top but for the terrible 7th/8th/is there a 9th series?)
3. Blackadder
4. Spaced
5. Bottom
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Great Western Lettuce (no.51) Just cut down the fags instead Posted Sep 20, 2002
hmmm...
Ok then...
6. Drop the Dead Donkey
7. Stella Street (if that counts)
8. Men Behaving Badly
9. Thin Blue Line
10. Porridge
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Silverfish Posted Sep 20, 2002
If The simpsons is being disallowed, then I'll go for men behaving badly to replace it.
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Mister Matty Posted Sep 20, 2002
"How on Earth can people watch Malcolm in the Middle, its rubbish!!!"
I agree, I've watched a couple of episodes and discovered that they are only mildly amusing. But newspaper regularly inform me it's "hilarious" (Mind you, this same newspaper was similarly enthusiastic about the godawful student w**k-fest "Noble and Silver" so their reviewers are obviously stupid or determined to appear "hip" in some tragic, Nathany, London way). I can see that it's clever and well-thought-out but, sadly, not very funny.
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- 85: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Sep 13, 2002)
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- 88: Giford (Sep 13, 2002)
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- 90: Bagpuss (Sep 13, 2002)
- 91: Mister Matty (Sep 13, 2002)
- 92: F F Churchton (Sep 16, 2002)
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- 95: seeker (Sep 20, 2002)
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